#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands

Posted on by Planet Picture Book

Review by Lyn Miller-Lachmann Having escaped his narrow-minded and isolated village in Palestine, Saeed moves to the city, marries, opens a bookstore, then returns with his pregnant wife. She gives birth to twin girls – Shams and Qamar – but the family is exiled to the village outskirts, accused of bringing a curse. Although they … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands

#IntlYALitMonth Review: Thunderbird

Posted on by Emily Corbett

Review by Belle Nickols Sonia Nimr writes of the phoenix, or thunderbird, as a mythological creature deeply connected to the history of the Palestinian people. Nimr, born in the West Bank in 1955, developed an interest in writing children’s literature whilst in Israeli prison in the 1970s, following her involvement with the Palestinian liberation movement. … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Thunderbird